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The PS5 is better than the Xbox Series X at running Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
That’s according to new analysis from Digital Foundry, focusing on frame rate across both next gen models.
Both the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla experienced some screen tearing during cutscenes. However, in Digital Foundry’s analysis, this issue affected the Xbox Series X’s gameplay “more significantly”.
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Digital Foundry found that overall, the PS5 performed 15% better at running Assassin’s Creed.
John Linneman, who conducted the report, added that the PS5 offered “pretty much a stable 60fps experience”. On the Xbox Series X, however, Linneman said “if you’re playing on a normal display the tearing is extremely distracting, like it’s just not good enough”.
With a lack of big launch exclusives, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has featured heavily in Microsoft’s marketing campaign. Though the action/adventure Viking title is available on both current gen and next gen PlayStation and Xbox models, as well as PC, Microsoft has used Valhalla’s 60fps graphics as an Xbox Series X selling point.
For it to underperform like this will be a big disappointment for Microsoft and players alike.
It’s not all doom and gloom for Xbox, though. The Series S and Series X sales combined provided Microsoft with its best-ever global console launch, and best-ever UK launch, too.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla enjoyed a successful launch across all platforms, having the best first-week sales in the series’ history and the best first-week sales on PC for any Ubisoft game ever.
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